Gates, Zuckerberg Promising Same Jobs To US Kids and Foreign H-1B Workers?

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday May 17, 2015 @05:45AM from the you-get-a-job-and-you-get-a-job-and-you-get-a-job dept.

theodp writes: Over at the Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg-bankrolled Code.org, they're using the number of open computing jobs in each state to convince parents of the need to expand K-12 CS offerings so their kids can fill those jobs. Sounds good, right? But at the same time, the Gates and Zuckerberg-bankrolled FWD.org PAC has taken to Twitter, using the number of open "STEM" jobs in each state to convince politicians of the need to expand the number of H-1B visas so foreign workers can fill those jobs. While the goal of Microsoft's 'two-pronged' National Talent Strategy is to kill two birds [K-12 CS education and H-1B visas] with one crisis, is it fair for organizations backed by many of the same wealthy individuals to essentially promise the same jobs to U.S. kids and foreign H-1B workers?

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Re:H1-Bs rock by ub3r+n3u7r4l1st · 2015-05-17 07:07 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The $100K+ you saved will not be enough to pay for the potential loss of IP / code theft. That is why our place no longer hire curry niggers a few years ago. We exclusively hire US citizens and the work morale, profit both improved.
The premium for the American work ethics is worth it.

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